MEMS-based Sensor for Pedestrian Navigation
Aircraft used for capturing imagery use a combination of GPS and related technologies to keep an accurate record of where the plane was to use in locating the image. That other technology is a series of sensors, accelerometers, inertial measuring units (IMUs) - the stuff Applanix is well-known for making.
So, what is if you could make those sensors teeny and use them say for navigation for pedestrian routing? That’s what VTI will be showing off at the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) next week. The company will be showing off a Micro Electro-Mechanical System or MEMS-based demo unit that tracks “position, speed and distance of a pedestrian.” The technology would be used in combination with another technology because such a tool would need to know where it “started from” to provide useful information.
